Date:         Tue, 20 Mar 2001 17:09:04 +0000
Reply-To:     Peter Cassidy <pcassidy@APPLE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Peter Cassidy <pcassidy@APPLE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fwd: why is you van named what it is?
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>Hey Volks,
> Further examination revealed a slightly warped
>right front wheel and deformed tire.  Well, that was easy enough to
>fix...but the moniker was set in stone and my van became known to all as
>"The Wobbly Bus".

[snip]

Our '88 Wolfie was named 'Muriel' by Lynda shortly after we got her.
However, potholed roads here in Ireland have taken their toll & soon
Muriel needed a complete front-end job (so to speak!). New track
rods, ends, A/R bushings, upper control arm bushings, bearings, tie
rod bushings, a new set of tyres & an alignment & all is well again.
Camber settings were off a full half-turn on one side & my nice
MXTs were worn down to the wire on the inside tread. *ack!*

Before this lot was done, steering had become ... errm ...
'unpredicatable',
to say the least! Thus, our van got the name "Wanderly Wagen" & the name
has stuck ever since. "Wanderley Wagon" was the name of a TV series from
my childhood. All 30-something Irish folks will know it.
Here's a fan site: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/rlogue/wander.htm

Our new '71 Westy is known as "Mary" due to the license plate; "64 MRI".
Our 2-year-old calls it "Mary-bus" ... 8-) We nearly poisioned ourselves
over the weekend by test-driving with a busted heat exchanger. Had to
drive the 1/4 mile home again with the doors open!


Pete C, "Mary-bus" and "Wanderley Wagen"

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Peter Cassidy,                   pcassidy@apple.com
Sr. Dev. Engineer                 +353-21-4284316
WW Operations Engineering
Apple, Cork, Ireland.